[C22] An economic upturn?
Nov. 8th, 2005 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldThe latest news is encouraging.
The question of how much money actually is in government treasury accounts is worrisome. I'll doubtless find out soon enough. Even so, a boomlet is growth is encouraging. Perhaps I'll be able to catch up to Europe's economic leaders (the Mediterranean and Scandinavian unions, mainly)
France is showing good economic growth, estimated to be in the 10-13% region.
Like its friend and neighbor Spain, France is spread fairly thin and has a lot going on considering its size and economic power. France is supporting a number of off world colonies simultaneously, and new ones seem to be budding off old ones as France follows an interesting policy of creating ethnic exclaves on other worlds.
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France has cut their taxes, driving private investment up, and the quality of life up, and their government is praised by the populace. Government treasury accounts are running low.
France’s ocean colonies have become very popular, with over a million people now living there.
The French population has been rising even as the birth rate is slowing, as medical technologies have extended the average life span. French, Japanese and some others now live, on average, well past 100. Retirement age has been climbing, as a longer working life is needed to generate capital to support people through these longer senior lifespans.
The question of how much money actually is in government treasury accounts is worrisome. I'll doubtless find out soon enough. Even so, a boomlet is growth is encouraging. Perhaps I'll be able to catch up to Europe's economic leaders (the Mediterranean and Scandinavian unions, mainly)
